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A.  BILL 

To  be  entitled  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  filling  up  of 
existing  companies,  squadrons,  battalions  and  regiments, 
and  to  increase  the  Provisional  Army  of  the  Confederate 
States. 

1  Sec.  1 .  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 

2  enact,  That  when  the  President  shall  consider  an  increase 

3  of  the  forces  in  the  field  necessary  to  repel    invasion,  or 

4  for  the  public  safety  in  the  pending  war,  he  is  authorized, 

5  as  hereinafter  provided,  to  call   into  the  military  service 

6  of  the  Confederate  States  for  three  years,  or  during  the 

7  present  war,  if  it  should  be  sooner  ended,  all  white  male 

8  citizens  of  the  Confederate  States,  not  legally  exempted 

9  from  such    service,  between  the    ages  of  thirty- five  and 

10  forty-five  years  ;  and  such    authority  shall    exist  in    the 

11  President  during  the  present  war  as  to  all  persons  who 

12  now  are  or  may  hereafter  become  eighteen  years  of  age. 


13  and  when  once  enrolled,  all  persons  between  the  ages  of 

14  eighteen  and   forty-five  years  shall  serve  their  full  term. 

15  Provided,  however,  That   the  regiment  raised  under  and 

16  by  authority  of  the  State  of  Texas,  and  now  in  the  ser- 

17  vice  of  said  State,  for  frontier  defence,  is  hereby  exempt- 

18  ed  from  the  provisions  and  operations  of  this  act.     And 

19  Provided,  That  if  the  President,  in  calling  out  troops  into 

20  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  first  call  for 

21  only  a  part  of  the  persons  between  the  ages  hereinbefore 

22  stated,  he  shall  call  for  those  between  the  ages  of  thirty- 

23  five  and  any  other  age  less  than  forty-five,  and  apportion 

24  the  same  between  the  several   States,  taking  into  con- 

25  sideration  their  relative  population  between  the  ages  of 

26  thirty-five   and  forty-five,  and  the  number  of  troops  al- 

27  ready  furnished  to  the   army  by  the  respective  States 

28  under  former  Acts, — so  far  as  the  same  may  be  practica- 

29  ble  without  departing  from  the  principle  of  calling  out 

30  troops  according   to   age ;    and   Provided  further,    That 

31  in  estimating  the  number   of   troops   furnished   by  any 

32  State,  under  former  Acts,  each  Ltate  shall  be  credited 

33  with  all  the  companies  mustered  into  service  from  said 

34  State. 


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1  Sec.   2.    That  the  President  shall  make  such  call  by 

2  requisition  upon  the   Governors  of  the  several  Confede- 

3  rate  States,  for  all  or  any  portion  of  the  persons  within 

4  their  respective   States  between  the  ages  of  thirty-five 

5  and  forty-five  years,  and  also  for  those  who  now  are  or 

6  may   hereafter  become  eighteen  years  old,  as  aforesaid, 

7  not  legally  exempted  ;  and  when  assembled  in  camps  of 

8  instruction  in  the  several  States,  they  shall   be  assigned 

9  to  and  form  part  of  the  companies,  squadrons,  battalions 

10  and    regiments,   heretofore    raised   in    their    respective 

1 1  States,  and  now  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States, 

12  and  the  number  that  may  remain  from  any  State,  after 

13  filling  up   existing  companies,  squadrons,  battalions  and 

14  regiments,  from  such  State  to  their  maximum  legal  num- 

15  ber,  shall  be  officered  according  to  the  laws  of  the  State 

16  having  such  residue. 

1  Sec.  3.  That  if  the  Governor  of  any  State  shall  refuse, 

2  or  shall  fail,  for  an  unreasonable  time,  to  be  determined 

3  by  the  President,  to  comply  with  said  requisition,  then 

4  such  persons  in  such  State  are  hereby  made  subject,  in 

5  all  respects,  to  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  further  to  pro- 

6  vide  for  the  public  defence,"  approved  April  16,  1862, 


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7  and  the  President  is  authorized  to  enforce  said  Act  against 

8  such  persons. 

1  Sec.   4.    That,   for  the   purpose   of   securing  a  more 

2  speedy  enrollment  of  the  persons  rendered  liable  to  mili- 

3  tary  service  under  this  Act,  the  President  may  immedi- 

4  ately  upon  making   the  requisition   authorized   therein, 

5  employ  in  any  State  whose  Governor  shall  consent  thereto 

6  officers  of  the  Confederate  States  to  enroll  and  collect  in 

7  the  respective  camps  of  instruction  all  the  persons  called 

8  into  service  as  aforesaid. 

1  Sec.  5.  That  the  persons  brought  into  military  service 

2  by  this  Act  shall  be  assigned  to  the  company  from  their 

3  State  now  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States  which 

4  they  may  prefer  to  join,  subject  to  such  regulations  as 

5  the  Secretary  of  War  may  establish  to  secure   the  tilling 

6  up  of  existing  companies,  squadrons,  battalions  and  regi- 

7  ments   from  the   respective  States  :  Provided,  That  per- 

8  sons  liable  to  military  service  under  the  provisions  of  this 
0  Act,    and   able-bodied    men    over  the  age   of  forty-five 

10  years   may  volunteer,  and  be   assigned  to  duty   in  such 

11  company  from  their  State  as  they  may  select:  Provided, 

12  That  said  company  shall  not,  by  reason  thereof,  be  in- 


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13  creased  beyond  its  legal  maximum  number,  ami  Provided 

14  further,  That  the   right  of  volunteering  in,    or  of  being 

15  assigned  to,  any  company  shall  not  interfere  with  the  ob- 

16  jects  of  this  Act,  or  produce  inequality  or  confusion  in 

17  the   different   arms   of  military  service  :    Provided,  also, 

18  That  the  President  is  authorized  to  suspend  the  execu- 

19  tion  of  this  Act  or  the  Acts  to  which  this  is  an  amend- 

20  ment,  or  any  special  provision  or  provisions  of  said  Acts 

21  in  any  locality  where  he  believes  such  suspension  will 

22  promote  the  public  good  ;  and  that,  in  such  localities,  and 

23  during  said  suspension,  the  President  is  authorized  to 

24  receive  troops  into  the  Confederate  service,  under  any  of 

25  the  Acts  passed  by  the  Confederate  Congress,  prior  to  the 

26  passage  of  the  Act  to  further  provide  for  the  public  de- 

27  fence,  approved  16th  April,  1862. 


AMENDMENTS 

Proposed   by   the   Senate   to  the  Bill,  (II.  II.  15.)  to  provide 
for   the  rilling  up  of  existing  companies,  squadrons,  battal- 
ions  and  regiments   of  the  Provisional  Army  of  the  Con- 
federate States. 
Strike  out  all  after  the  enacting  clause  and  insert : 

1  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  to 

2  call  out  and  place  in  the  military  service  of  the  Confecle- 

3  rate   States  for  three  years,  unless  the  war  should  have 

4  been  sooner  ended,  all  white  men  who  are  residents  of 

5  the  Confederate  States,  between  the   ages  of  thirty-five 

6  and  forty-five  years,  at  the  time  the  call  or  calls  may  be 

7  made,  and  who  are  not  at  such  time  or  times,  legally  ex- 

8  ernpted  from  military  service  ;  such  call  or  calls  to  be 

9  made  under  the  provisions  and  according  to  the  terms 

10  of    the  act  to  which  this  is  an  amendment,  and  such 

11  authority  shall  exist  in  the  President  during  the  present 

12  war,  as  to  all   persons  who  now  are,  or  may  hereafter 


13  become  eighteen  years  of  age.  and,  when  once  enrolled, 

14  all  persons  between  the  ages  of  eighteen  and  forty-five 

15  years,  shall  serve  their  full  time  :  Provided,  That  nothing 

16  herein   contained,  shall  be   understood  as    repealing  or 

17  modifying  any  part  of  the   act  to  which  this  is  amenda- 

18  tory,  except  as  herein  expressly  stated  :  And  provided, 

19  further,  That  those   called  out  under  this  act   and  the 

20  Act  to  which  this  is  an  amendment,  shall  be  first  and  im- 

21  mediately  ordered  to   fill  to  their  maximum  number  the 

22  companies,    battalions,    squadrons,    and   regiments   from 

23  the  respective   States  at  the  time  the   "  Act  to  further 

24  provide   for  the   public  defence/7  approved  16th  April, 

25  1862,  was  passed,  and  the  surplus,  if  any,  shall  be  as- 

26  signed  to  organizations  formed  from  each  State  since  the 

27  passage  of  that  act,  or  placed  in  new  organizations,  or 

28  disposed  of  as  now  provided  by  law  :   Provided,  That  the 

29  President  is  authorized  to  suspend  the  execution  of  this 

30  act  or  the  acts  to  which   this   is   an   amendment,  or  any 

31  special  provision  or  provisions  of  said  acts  in  any  locali- 

32  ty  where   he  believes   such  suspension  will  promote  the 

33  public  interest,  and  that,  in  such   localities,  and   during 

34  said   suspension,  the   President  is  authorized  to  receive 


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35  troops   into   the   Confederate  service,  under  any  of  the 

36  acts  passed    by  the  Confederate  Congress,  prior  to  the 

37  passage  of  the  act  to  further  provide  for  the   public  de- 

38  fence,  approved  16th  April.  1864j!. 
Amend  tipe  title  as  follows  : 

An   Act  to  amend   An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  provide 
further  for  the  public  defence,"  approved   16th  April  1862, 


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